/'pækɪt; `pækɪt/
n
1 [C]
(a) (US usu 美式英语通常作 package) small paper or cardboard container in which goods are packed for selling （包装商品的）小包, 小盒, 小袋
*a packet of biscuits, cigarettes, tea, etc 一小包饼乾、香烟、茶叶等.
(b) small package or parcel 用小包、小箱、小盒所盛之物; 小包裹.
2 [sing] (infml 口) large amount of money (used esp in the expressions shown) 大笔款项（尤用于以下示例）
*make (ie earn) a packet 挣一大笔钱
* cost (sb) a packet 花（某人）一大笔钱.
3 [C] (also `packet-boat) boat that carries mail and passengers on a fixed short route （短途）定期邮船, 班轮.
4 (idm 习语) cop a packet => cop2.

NOTE ON USAGE 用法
*Some things in shops are sold in packets (US pack) 商店中某些商品以packet（小包装）形式出售（美式英语用pack）
*a packet of sweets, crisps, cigarettes 小包的糖果、炸土豆片、香烟
* a six-pack of beer 半打装啤酒. Note that a packet/pack of cigarettes contains some cigarettes but a cigarette packet/pack may be empty. 注意a packet/pack of cigarettes（一盒香烟）有一定数量的香烟, 而a cigarette packet/pack（一个香烟盒）可能是空的. A parcel (US also package) is something wrapped, often in brown paper, so that it can be sent by post. *parcel（美式英语亦作package）指包起来（常指用牛皮纸包裹）邮寄的物品
*The postman rang the bell because he had a parcel/package to deliver. 邮递员按门铃叫门投递包裹. A package in British English is usually carried and not sent. 英式英语中package通常指携带的而不是寄送的包裹. Packaging is the material used to wrap and protect products sold in shops or sent through the post. *packaging是指商店售出商品或邮递物品的包装材料.

n[C]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Anglo-French;Origin: pacquet, from pack]
a)BrE a container made of paper, plastic, or cardboard that something is sold in
packet of
　a packet of envelopes
　a packet of cigarettes
　a cereal packet
especially BrE a small flat package that is sent by post or delivered to someone
　Paul tore open the packet as soon as it arrived.
→pay packet
cost a packet
BrE informal to cost a lot of money
　I bet that car cost him a packet.
technical a quantity of information that is sent as a single unit from one computer to another on a network or on the Internet